About 12:30 a.m., a 22-year-old man was shot during a robbery in South Chicago, Alfaro said.

The man was walking in the 7900 block of South Exchange Avenue when three males walked up to him. One of the attackers pulled out a gun and fired shots, striking the man in the right knee, Alfaro said.

The men took the victim’s backpack and an unknown amount of money, Alfaro said.

The man, 22, was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center where his condition stabilized, Alfaro said.

Around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, a 31-year-old man was shot and wounded in the 5200 block of West Adams Street in the South Austin neighborhood, Alfaro said.

The man was shot in the lower right leg during a conversation with a person about purchasing narcotics, Alfaro said.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital where his condition stabilized, Alfaro said.

In another incident, a 21-year-old man was shot in the 500 block of East 71st Street at 5:42 p.m. in the Park Manor neighborhood, police said.

The man was on the street when he was shot in the left arm, police said. The victim saw a man man in a red hooded sweatshirt running from the area, police said.

The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition had stabilized.

Earlier, a boy was shot in the 10900 block of South Loomis Street in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a Chicago police spokesman.

The boy was walking at 3:20 p.m. when he was shot in the shoulder. Police said they don't think he was the target.

The boy, 7, was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was in good condition, officials said.

Hours after the shooting yellow police tape was pulled across an alley between 110th and 109th streets on Loomis.

Earlier, a 32-year-old man was shot several times in an attack in the 5800 block of South Kedzie Avenue about 10:40 a.m., Chicago police spokeswoman Stacey Cooper said. The man was in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.

The man was on the block in the Gage Park neighborhood when someone on a scooter came up and started arguing with him, then pulled out a handgun and started firing, Cooper said.

The attacker fled on foot, she said.

No one was in custody in any of the shootings.

Update: The man slain on Bell Avenue was identified as Terrion Mitchell, 23, a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said on May 25. On June 24, the medical examiner's office said he lived in the 300 block of South Artesian Avenue in Chicago.